The W's of Corporate Travel - Taken from our FREE Business Travel Glossary

Web-based distressed hotel inventory

Web distressed hotel inventory is referred towhen a hotel reduces their room rates and makesthem available for sale through third-partywebsites such as laterooms.com or expedia.co.uk.

Hotels do this when they don’t think they’ll selltheir rooms at full price, so they’ll distribute thelower rates online to encourage more bookings.After all, they’d rather have the rooms occupied ata lower rate than leaving them empty.

When it comes to optimising a hotel programme,distressed inventory rates are only a small piece ofthe puzzle, but you do need to have access to it ifyou want to be sure you’re seeing the lowest ratesat all times. That’s why it’s important you cansearch for and book distressed rates through yourtravel management company or hotel bookingagency.

Want more? Click the image below to start your FREE download.

About Danielle Martinez

Danielle is our marketing coordinator and loves nothing more than creating thought provoking and interesting content to help our customers with business travel. Feel free to contact Danielle if there is anything you’d like to see covered within our business travel blog, she’d love to hear from you!